You can simply re-save XLS spreadsheet to XLSX format in Microsoft Excel, no xls to xlsx conversion is required. This might also be done in other programs, but using the default program would be best and is essentially just changing the version of the spreadsheet from old format to newer, XML based one.
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Conversion of xls file format to xlsx file format beta
Search for xls to xlsx converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook to Microsoft Excel Open XML workbook and spreadsheet.
We have found 25 software records in our database eligible for .xls to .xlsx file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software - convert xls to xlsx on Windows
Microsoft Excel
A popular spreadsheet application distributed with Microsoft Office suite
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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Convert from xls file | Yes, Microsoft Excel supports xls file conversion as a source file type. | Yes | Yes | xls editor | Yes | No | No | No |
to xlsx file | Yes, Microsoft Excel supports xlsx file conversion as a target file type. | Yes | Yes | xlsx editor | Yes | No | No | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned xls to xlsx. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
All File to All File Converter 3000
An universal picture and document converter
Corel Quattro Pro
A spreadsheet software application from Corel
FileMaker Pro for Windows
A program used to create and manage information databases
Pedigree Explorer
A pedigree software
STATISTICA
A suite of analytics software products
Full Convert Enterprise
A powerful database to database converter
Navicat Premium
Fully-featured version of Navicat for Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software - convert xls to xlsx on OS X
Microsoft Excel for Mac
A popular spreadsheet application from the Microsoft Office suite
FileMaker Pro for Mac
A database management program for Mac
NeoOffice
A full-featured set of office applications for Mac
Numbers for Mac
A spreadsheet application from Apple
Linux/Unix software - convert xls to xlsx on Linux
Gnumeric
An open-source spreadsheet program
Windows Mobile/CE software - convert xls to xlsx on Windows Mobile
SoftMaker Office for Windows Mobile
A fully working office suite for Windows Phone smart phones
Symbian software - convert xls to xlsx on Symbian
OfficeSuite
An Office document editing app running on S60 based smarthones
Apple iOS software - convert xls to xlsx on iOS
Numbers for iOS
A preadsheet editing application for iOS
Google Android software - convert xls to xlsx on Android
OfficeSuite Professional
A complete mobile office app for Android
Blackberry mobile phones and devices software - convert xls to xlsx on Blackberry
eOffice
Office suite app for BlackBerry devices
Multiplatform software - convert xls to xlsx on any platform
DriveConverter for Google Drive
Google Chrome extension for Google Drive
Apache OpenOffice Calc (OpenOffice.org Calc)
Spreadsheet program from OpenOffice.org productivity suite
LibreOffice Calc
Full-featured spreadsheet tool from LibreOffice suite
On-line services software - convert xls to xlsx on web
Google Sheets
Spreadsheet web app from Google
Additional links: Open xls file, Open xlsx file
XLS
Files with xls extension are best known as spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel. A spreadsheet is basically a grid of cells sorted in rows and columns. Each cell can contain text, numeric or formula data. Excel XLS spreadsheets can be opened in most other similar programs, such as OpenOffice.org Calc.
XLSX
Files with xlsx extension are s used by Microsoft Excel for its workbooks (spreadsheets) in Office Open XML format. XLSX is the latest spreadsheet format used by Excel with the adoption of XML formatting first used in Office 2007. While older xls files were in proprietary binary file format, xlsx spreadsheets use a somewhat altered XML scheme.
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